From the President

Ashley Yoakam

From the President

On behalf of the American Advertising Federation of Toledo, I would like to congratulate all of the 2021 American Advertising Award winners and entrants! We are honored to recognize and showcase Northwest Ohio’s best creative talent in a wide variety of advertising, marketing, and public relations categories.

However, the competition does not end tonight! The Toledo American Advertising Awards are the first phase of a three-tier, national competition. Tonight’s Gold winning entries will compete in one of 15 district competitions. District American Advertising Award winners will then move on to the third tier; the national stage of the American Advertising Awards.

There were many “firsts” this year as we embarked on our first virtual show. We are so thankful for the donation of time and resources from our local advertising community and board. A very special thank you goes out to UlrichPinciotti for collaborating with us to design this year’s call for entries, and facemask invitation. Another big thank you to Your Media People for creating such an amazing virtual show.

On January 15, 2021 we received 106 professional and 11 student entries from agencies, businesses, and individuals in the Toledo area market. Due to our virtual state, we were able to have judges from afar evaluate each entry. Thank you to our judges; Adam Brown from Lexington, Kentucky, Jelise Roberts from Columbus, Ohio, Cassidy Pazyniak Buzin from Chicago, Illinois and Jennifer Hohn from Denver, Colorado. We appreciate all of your time reviewing each entry.

Congratulations to Scott Greggory, Chief Creative Officer at MadAveGroup, for taking home the most prestigious award of the evening, the Silver Medal Award. This award recognizes Scott’s outstanding contributions to the community while furthering the industry’s standards, creative excellence, and responsibility in areas of social concern.

I also want to send congratulations to our three individuals who were nominated for our Mosaic Award. Will Lucas awarded the Multicultural Talent in Advertising: Content Creation, Yusuf Lateef awarded the Mosaic Champion, and Angel Dennis awarded the Most Promising Multicultural Student

And last, but not least, congratulations to all of tonight’s winners and best of luck to those of you whose work will go on to represent AAF Toledo in the district competition!

ASHLEY YOAKAM 2020-2021 AAF Toledo President Programs & Grant Coordinator | TPS Foundation